Cuspidor.



ROBERT A'. MGGARTY, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Serial No. 480,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. MoCAR'rY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Cuspidors, and declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cuspidors; it has for its object an improvedcuspidor intended for use extending over a short period of time, afterwhich the cuspidor is destroyed.

In the drawings :Figure 1, shows a ver tical section; Fig. 2, shows aplan view.

The cuspidor consists of a box member, or body member, 1, and a covermember 2, both preferably made of some easily destructible material,such as paper, or wood pulp, treated to render it partially moistureproof, moisture proof to a suflicient extent to serve the intendedpurpose. The body member 1 is formed from pulp board or wood pulp formedinto a cup-shape, and the cover member is formed of similar materialformed into hollow cone shape, with expanding and returned edges 3,adapted to engage closely against the walls of the cup 1, and to besecured thereto by any suitable cement, or in any suitable way. Thecover member which is formed from a single sheet of paper having itsprimarily spaced end portions brought to overlapping position, andgummed or glued together as shown between the oblique full and dottedlines in Fig. 2 is thus provided with a central depression extendinginto the body member, and with an opening through the cover at theterminal of the depression, through which sputum can readily pass intothe body of the ouspidor.

The formation renders the article secure against the spilling of fluidsthat have once been introduced into the body of the article, but oneinto which they are easily introduced without removing any part thereof.

After use for a short period of time, it is intended to destroy thearticle by fire, or in some other way.

What I claim is 1. A cuspidor, having in combination a fibrouscylindrical body part, a fibrous bottom member whose flanged edgeengages over the adjacent lower edge of the body part and is madeadherent thereto, and an apertured fibrous member having the contour ofan inverted truncated cone, engaging with its overturned edge adherentlyover the top edge of the body part, being bent to such conical positionand held therein by the adherent overlapping of the severed meetingedges of its component sheet, said member-being adapted to provide forthe easy inflow of liquid into the cuspidor, and to prevent itsunintended escape by its inward extent over the edge of the body part,substantially as described.

2. In a cuspidor, in combination with a fibrous cylindrical body portionoriginally open at the top and bottom, a dished fibrous bottom memberwhose flanged edges engage adherently over the lower edge of the wall ofsaid body portion, and a concaved fibrous cover member having anaperture through its center and a radial cut extending from the apertureto the periphery, its peripheral edge being overturned to closely andadherently engage the top edge of the wall of the body portion and themeeting edges of the cut port-ion of the cover member engagingadherently over one another, whereby the top is nearly closed againstthe ready egress of fluid from the cuspidor, although its inflow throughthe aperture in the cover is provided for, substantially as described.

3. A fibrous-bodied cuspidor, having, in combination with a cylindricalbody por' tion, a bottom part having its peri heral edge flanged,engaging over and ma e adherent to one end of said body portion, and anapertured top closure piece having its central portion in the form of atruncated cone, and its peripheral edge portion flanged in the samedlrection as the tapering portion about the center extends, said flangedportion being adapted to adher'ently engage over the upper end of thebody portion so as to invert the truncated conical portion of the cover,and being held in such position With '5 respect to the body portion bythe overlapping of the nieeting'edges of the sheet from which said topportion is made and the consequent tension of the peripheral partsthereof, due to the distortion of the sheet from ROBERT A. MoCARTY.

plane condition, substantially as 10 WVitnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, VIRGINIA O. SPRATT.

